‘YES.’

A little rain,

The sun again,

A shadow;

A summer day,

Some new-mown hay,

A meadow.

A girlish face,

A matchless grace,

And beauty;

We spend the day

In making hay—

Sweet duty.

Some fading flowers,

Some happy hours,

But fleeting.

A week of rain,

And then again

A meeting.

One quick shy look,

A rippling brook,

Some clover;

A sky of gold,

The story old,

A lover.

A fair sweet maid,

A short word said;

What is it?

I try my fate,

And not too late

To miss it.

The years have gone,

And still loves on

That lover;

He loves always,

As days and days

Pass over.

A loving wife,

A long, long life

Together,

Have made him bless

That shy sweet ‘Yes’

For ever.

Nora C. Usher.

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